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        Beyond Linux<sup>�</sup> From Scratch <span class="phrase">(System
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        Chapter&nbsp;42.&nbsp;Multimedia Libraries and Drivers
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        <a id="pipewire" name="pipewire"></a>Pipewire-0.2.7
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        <h2 class="sect2">
          Introduction to Pipewire
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          The <span class="application">pipewire</span> package contains a
          server and user-space API to handle multimedia pipelines. This
          includes a universal API to connect to multimedia devices, as well
          as sharing multimedia files between applications.
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          This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.1
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          Package Information
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                Download (HTTP): <a class="ulink" href=
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                https://github.com/PipeWire/pipewire/archive/0.2.7/pipewire-0.2.7.tar.gz</a>
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                Download MD5 sum: 026fe15fc65e4a63bd8e5e63c0e054c6
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                Download size: 412 KB
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                Estimated disk space required: 27 MB
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                Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (Using parallelism=4)
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          Pipewire Dependencies
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          Required
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          title="SDL2-2.0.10">SDL2-2.0.10</a>
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          Optional
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          <a class="xref" href="../general/valgrind.html" title=
          "Valgrind-3.15.0">Valgrind-3.15.0</a>, <a class="xref" href=
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          "Graphviz-2.42.3">Graphviz-2.42.3</a> (for documentation)
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          User Notes: <a class="ulink" href=
          "http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/pipewire">http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/pipewire</a>
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        <h2 class="sect2">
          Installation of Pipewire
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        <p>
          Install <span class="application">pipewire</span> by running the
          following commands:
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<kbd class="command">mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc .. &amp;&amp;
ninja</kbd>
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          This package does not come with a test suite.
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          Now, as the <code class="systemitem">root</code> user:
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<kbd class="command">ninja install</kbd>
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          Command Explanations
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          <code class="option">-Ddocs=true</code>: This switch enables the
          generation of HTML documentation. The optional dependencies for
          documentation need to be installed for this to work.
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          <code class="option">-Dman=true</code>: This switch enables the
          generation of manual pages. The optional dependencies for
          documentation need to be installed for this to work.
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          Contents
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            <div class="seg">
              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Programs:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">pipewire, pipewire-cli, pipewire-monitor,
              spa-inspect, and spa-monitor</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Libraries:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">libpipewire-2.0.so</span>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed Directories:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">/etc/pipewire, /usr/include/pipewire,
              /usr/include/spa, /usr/lib/pipewire-0.2, and
              /usr/lib/spa</span>
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            Short Descriptions
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                  <p>
                    <a id="pipewire-prog" name=
                    "pipewire-prog"></a><span class="term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>pipewire</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    is a service that allows access to multimedia devices and
                    allows sharing of multimedia files between applications.
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                  <p>
                    <a id="pipewire-cli" name="pipewire-cli"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>pipewire-cli</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
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                  <p>
                    allows you to interact with a pipewire instance.
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                  <p>
                    <a id="pipewire-monitor" name=
                    "pipewire-monitor"></a><span class="term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>pipewire-monitor</strong></span></span>
                  </p>
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                  <p>
                    allows you to monitor pipewire instances.
                  </p>
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                  <p>
                    <a id="spa-inspect" name="spa-inspect"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>spa-inspect</strong></span></span>
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                  <p>
                    allows you to inspect pipewire plugins.
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                    <a id="spa-monitor" name="spa-monitor"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class=
                    "command"><strong>spa-monitor</strong></span></span>
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                  <p>
                    allows you to monitor pipewire plugins.
                  </p>
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                  <p>
                    <a id="libpipewire" name="libpipewire"></a><span class=
                    "term"><code class=
                    "filename">libpipewire-0.2.so</code></span>
                  </p>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <p>
                    contains API functions for handling multimedia pipelines.
                  </p>
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